Friday, August 22, 2014

…Pan’s group created spherical nanoparticles that contain
TsAP-1, a toxic protein from the venom of the Brazilian yellow scorpion, which
has a potentially fatal sting. His team also created a similar product with
melittin, the main toxin in bee venom, that killed breast cancer cells but
didn’t hurt body cells.

The particles work by binding to receptors that are only
present in cancerous cells, and then exposing the tumor to the toxin…